Below: Monday’s Question of the Day Building an ATS From Scratch Search Engine Marketing Sendouts vs. PCRecruiter Candidates Going Out of Their State … Read more
I Don’t Have Time to Interview!
How many times have you heard a manager complain, “I don’t have time to interview people! I’m swamped and understaffed and have to spend … Read more
6 Steps for Hiring the Best Every Time
Over the past 30-plus years, I’ve been involved in thousands of searches, worked with hundreds of hiring managers, trained 3,000 to 4,000 recruiters, and … Read more
Abraham Maslow, SPIN Selling, and Recruiting
Understanding human behavior can help you recruit more passive candidates. When filling a job order, most recruiters search through virtual stacks of … Read more
How to Hire for Quality
Hiring people is rarely based on objective evidence and is, perhaps, the least-objective activity that organizations participate in. When we see a … Read more
Speed Interviewing: Lessons Learned From Speed Dating
The basic process of interviewing candidates for open positions hasn’t changed very much in the last century, despite radical changes in how people … Read more
Are You Hiring Future Champions or Future Saboteurs?
Each time we interview a prospective employee, we not only question the recruit, we question ourselves. Am I talking to a candidate who would become an … Read more
Maxine’s Challenge
Maxine is in deep trouble. She was hired 12 days ago as a recruiter to work with a manager who had about 200 call center requisitions to fill in a 90-day … Read more
How to Interview Top Performers
Top people cannot be interviewed the same way as everyone else. Although most recruiters and hiring managers know this, few know how to do it. It’s … Read more
So, How Did I Do?
Here’s a scenario that recruiters and hiring managers are often faced with. You’re interviewing a candidate. The interview is mediocre at best, … Read more